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LIV chief Greg Norman turns up for Masters as paying customer
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Greg Norman made a surprise appearance at the Masters on Wednesday as a paying customer and expressed his disappointment that more of his LIV players have not been invited to the season’s first major.
Telegraph Sport revealed on Tuesday that a high-ranking LIV official was set to drop in, but nobody expected it to be the chief executive who has such a torrid Masters history with three runners-up finishes.
With negotiations going on between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund – which bankrolls LIV – tensions have clearly thawed, although it was pointed of Norman to enter the grounds as a member of the public, with no access to the inner sanctums of the clubhouse where the game’s powerbrokers annually assemble.
Norman was not invited last year, telling Telegraph Sport: “As a major winner I always was before, but they only sent me a grounds pass last year and nothing, zilch, this time around. I’m disappointed because it’s so petty but of course I’ll still be watching.”
He was here to be seen, wearing his trademark fedora spotting the Great White Shark logo. “I’m here because we have 13 players that won 10 Masters between them,” Norman told the Washington Post. “So I’m here just to support them, do the best I can to show them, ‘Hey, you know, the boss is here rooting for you.’”
Norman believes there should be more of the rebels in the field. “I think there’s probably a couple that have been overlooked that should be in,” Norman said. “What is that number? I’m not going to give it a definitive number, but they’re definitely quality players that have done incredible performances over the last six to nine months that are worthy of it.”
